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Bill, I've suggested it. He's afraid he'll/we'll be judged since we're not married (or at the very least, engaged). We do live in a red state after all. Not to mention he was raised Catholic; even though he's not so strict now, he was raised with those beliefs. I could go by myself I guess, but since they're an hour away, it would be kind of uncomfortable to go by myself. Not to mention how much more effective it would be if we went together.
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I most definitely expect that a professional sex therapist will not judge you for living together. A safe way to be confident of professionalism is to select a sex therapist who is a member of the the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists,
www.aasect.org
One possibility, if you went by yourself, would be that you could present these concerns and beliefs to the therapist and, as I hope and expect, receive reassuring answers that you could share with your boyfriend. You could sketch out the difficulties and get a sense of what a treatment plan would be like. You could share what the therapist said with your boyfriend. Possibly this plan would help him overcome his concerns about sex therapy. It is an idea.